The pastry chef: Christina Tosi
At the festival: Tosi is one of 60 chefs chosen to participate in Best of the Best, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Ave. Each chef will offer samples of their best dishes....

Good news for fans of Gordon Ramsay's kinder, gentler side: "MasterChef Junior," the kid version of his reality competition cooking show "MasterChef," has been renewed by Fox for a fourth season.
The notoriously fiery Ramsay may have a reputation on his...

Discovery Communications has tapped veteran programming executive Rich Ross to run its flagship network.
Ross will step into his new position as president of Discovery Channel in January. For nearly two years, he has served as chief executive of Shine...

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Fox's hit series "MasterChef" adds another dimension to Gordon Ramsay, who admits that he is easier on the show's amateur cooks than the pros on "Hell's Kitchen," but also hooks non-cooking viewers. So what makes it so appealing?
"It's more than about cooking -- it's about people being given an opportunity to change their lives, and that touches people on all kinds of levels," says longtime exec producer Adeline Ramage Rooney. "I know so many people who do not cook and they just get carried away with it....

The second-season premiere of "MasterChef Junior" helped bring some energy to Fox's Tuesday lineup, as it more than doubled what the net had been doing earlier this fall in its timeslot with "Utopia" and helped provide a much-needed lift to the comedies airing in the 9 o'clock hour.
It was an aytpical night, as not only were Election Night updates sprinkled throughout on local stations (which makes the prelims subject to more revision than usual), but the "NCIS" shows were in repeats, "The Voice" aired a...

Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management have finally completed a deal to create a global TV production unit.
Under the pact, which was announced Friday, Fox's Shine Group will combine with Apollo-controlled Endemol and Core Media Group. It's a plan that had been brewing between Fox and Apollo for a while as consolidation has increased in the production sector.
The companies didn’t disclose financial terms for the joint venture.
The partnership will make it the world's...

Fox TV’s “MasterChef” is looking for contestants for its sixth season.
Producers are coming to the Miami’s JW Marriott Marquis, 255 Biscayne Blvd. Way 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 4.
The show features home cooks from across the country vying for a $250,000 grand prize, a cookbook deal and the coveted title of master chef.
Host and award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot put contestants through a series of elimination rounds that would...

UPDATED: "Monday Night Football" scored for ESPN with two games and put the cable network on top for the night, according to updated numbers.
Nationally, the New York Giants-Detroit Lions game drew 13.7 million viewers. The San Diego Chargers-Arizona Cardinals attracted 11.5 million. The best performer in national broadcast ratings was CBS' "Under the Dome" with 6.6 million viewers.
The NFL performed well locally. The Giants-Lions game was tops in Orlando with 196,497 viewers. The Lions won...